Vessel for containing and transferring liquids.



No. 660,303. Patented Oct. 23, I900;

.C. MARTIN. VESSEL FOR CONTAINING AND TRANSFERBING LIQUID S.

(Application filed Nov. 7, 1898.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES MARTIN, OF TIFFIN, OHIO.

VESSEL FOR CONTAINING AND TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 660,303, dated October 23, 1900.

Application filed November 7 1898- Serial No. 695 ,707. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES MARTIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tiffin, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vessels for Containing and Transferring Liquids; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will e11- able others skilled in the art to which it ap pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to means for facilitating the pouring of liquids from one vessel to another.

In measures for dispensing liquidssuch as kerosene, milk, alcoholic liquids, &c.-especially in the ordinarily-constructed measures and in ordinary cups, buckets, &c., of metal, wood, or other suitable material, the upper edge or brim is usually in substantially a horizontal plane, and inasmuch as when the vessel is in an upright position, especially in measures, the quantity of liquid to be dispensed requires that the vessel, in order to do justice to the purchaser, must be filled to the brim, much diliiculty has been experienced in pouring the contents of such filled vessels to other vessels designed to receive them. As soon as such a vessel filled to the brim is tilted to the least degree the liquid overflows a very considerable extent of the brim in a thin broad sheet and to a large extent runs down on the outer surface of the vessel, thereby diverting a considerable quantity from the vessel held to receive it, to the detriment of the purchaser, which diverted liquid is either wasted on the floor or caught in a vessel placed to receive it. At the termination of the pouring of the liquid and the consequent return of the vessel to its upright position the same difficulty is experienced, but to a less degree, a small quantity trickling down the surface of the measure to the annoyance of the dispenser. Attempts have been made to overcome these difficulties by attachiugupwardly-projecting pouring spouts or flanges to such vessels; but such attempts have not been successful; and the object of myinvention is to provide eflicient means whereby the contents of such measures or vessels may be poured therefrom and whereby it will be impossible for any part of such contents to trickle or run down the outer surface of the vessel at any stage of the act of pouring out the contents.

With this object in view my invention consists in the improved means hereinafter described and afterward specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a cup provided with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, partly broken away. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a measure having an ordinary pouriug-spout, which latter is provided with my improved lip. In the drawings, A indicates a measure, cup, or vessel of any suitable shape as to its body and constructed so that its upper edge or brim, when the vessel is upright, will 0ccupy substantially a horizontal plane.

B indicates an apron or flange which extends outwardly and downwardly from at or near the edge or brim of the vessel at an acute angle to the sides thereof, terminating at its lower edge at a sufficient distance from the sides of the vessel to overhang the edge of a vessel held or placed to receive its contents, the angle being such that when the vessel is tilted slightly to pour out its contents the apron will be in practically a perpendicular plane. The apron is made of sufficient length to receive the full flow of the liquid, so that there will not be any likelihood of said liquid passing down at either side of the apron. The apron is wholly disconnected at its lower edge from the body of the vessel, so that when the vessel is tilted its contents will flow from oif the lowest point of the lip, and when the vessel is brought to a perpendicular position again none of the liquid whichis on the apron, will be permitted to flow from the same onto the outer surface of the vessel. The lip of the apron extends downwardly from the point where it leaves the vessel all the Way down to its lower edge. The lip is shaped to conform to the shape of the vessel, and is preferably brought to a slight point, as at b. By having the apron extend downwardly its entire width and length and with no turned-up portion the liquid after passing onto the lip cannot be caught by any portion thereof, so that it must of necessity flow from off the same and not back into the vessel nor down the outside thereof.

The importance of such a construction is obvious, as the inconvenience and annoyance experienced in pouring from a filied vessel, particularly into a smaller vessel, has been realized by most every one, and it is to overcome this difficulty that my invention is designed. It will also be observed that by bringing the apron to a slight pdint, as b, and by giving the vessel a slight jar during the act of pouring and just as the vessel is being returned to a vertical position any particle of liquid which may have adhered to the apron will be shaken 0E and drop into the vessel being filled, so that there will be no loss of liquid whatever and the vessel, as well as the place where it is located, will be kept perfectly clean.

Practical experiments have proven the invention to work perfectly and to accomplish the object sought in an entirely satisfactory manner. It is impossible to pour liquidssuch as coal-oil, milk, molasses, and other liquids-from a vessel which is provided with an ordinary upturned pouring-lip or withno lip at all without more or less of the liquid adhering to the vessel and into the same or running down outside of the ves sel and wasting the liquids, as well as soiling the floor and rendering the vessel unclean. The apron B may extend entirely around the upper edge of the body of the vessel, if desired; but of course the lower edge of said apron would be entirely disconnected from the body portion of the said vessel. Where the vessel is provided with a bead at its upper edge, the apron will preferably extend from just beneath the bead, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In Fig. 3 Ihave shown my improved apron applied to the outer edge of an ordinary pouring-lip O of a measure. Ilhe functions and operations of the lip in this construction will be precisely the same as above set forth.

I do not limit myself to the precise details of construction shown and described, since it is obvious that these may be modified without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having now described my invention what Iclaim as new, and desire t) se'cureby Letters Patent, is

1. A vessel for containing and transferring liquids, comprising a suitable body portion, provided with a pouring lip or flange at or near the upper edge or brim, extending downwardly and outwardly at an acute angle to the body of the vessel, the upper edge of said lip extending a substantial distance circumferentially around the pouring edge of the vessel to receive a broad flow or sheet of liquid when the vessel is slightly tilted, and

the lower edge of the lip being located at a liquids, comprising a suitable body whose upper edge or brim occupies substantially a horizontal plane when the body is in its upright position, provided with an outer pouringlip at, or near, the pouring edge of the vessel, extending downwardly and outwardly at an acute angle to the body of the vessel around the body for a considerable distance, and having its lower edge located at a distance horizontally from the body of the vessel, sufficient to permit of the placing of a receiving vessel thereunder, substantially as described.

3. A vessel for containing and transferring liquids comprising a suitable body portion whose upper edge or brim occupies substantially a horizontal plane when the body is in its upright position, and provided with a tapering pouring lip or flange which is widest at its point of discharge, said lip extending downwardly and outwardly at an acute angle to the body of the vessel, the upper edge of said lip extending circumferentially partially around the pouring edge of the vessel to receive a broad flow or sheet of liquid when .the vessel is slightly tilted, and the lower edge of the lip being located at a sufficient distance horizontally from the body of the vessel to permit of the placing of a receiving vessel thereunder, substantially as described.

4. As an improved article of manufacture, a vessel for containing and transferring liquids and especially designed for pouring liquids therefrom when filled to the brim, withvout the liquid trickling down the outside of the vessel, said vessel being provided with a tapering pouring lip or flange located at or near the upper edge of the vessel and extend .ing from the outer surface thereof downwardly and outwardly at an acute angle, the upper edge of said lip extending circumferentially partially around the edge of the vessel to receive a broad flow or sheet of liquid when the vessel is slightly tilted, and the lower edge of the lip being located at a sufficient distance from the body of the vessel to conduct the liquid over its outer surface into a vessel placed to receive the same, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES MARTIN. Witnesses:

NELSON B. LUTES, EVLYN L. LUTEs. 

